The big bang is the model that describes the birth and evolution of the universe. But where did the term come from? What does it actually mean?
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Element Origins:
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SOURCES
Sean Carroll GR Stuff:
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/grnotes/
https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9712019v1
Fred Hoyle Story:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z
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"Spacetime and Geometry"
by Sean Carroll
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IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS
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NASA Big Bang:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656
Microwave Background Map:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2013/03/Planck_CMB
Milky Way:
https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA10748
Older Fred Hoyle:
https://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla%3A297805
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TIME CODES
00:00 Intro
00:20 Getting a Baseline
00:50 "Big Bang" Coined
02:02 Big Bang was NOT an Explosion
03:29 Expansion Analogies
04:18 The Primeval Atom
05:12 Where did the Big Bang happen?
06:00 Where is the center of the Universe?
06:35 The Many Edges of the Universe
08:46 Observable vs Entire Universe
11:07 Trouble with Edges
12:02 What does "Big Bang" mean?
13:14 Closing Thoughts
13:37 Featured Comment